Father Brown: The Secret Garden

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Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on BBC Sounds.

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Richard Greenwood

Angus MacInnes

Liam Brennan

Jimmy Chisholm

Paul Young

Eliza Langland

Francesca Dymond

Robin Laing

GK Chesterton

Bert Coules

Kirsteen Cameron

Whodunnits: Father Brown - The Secret Garden

Father Brown - The Secret Garden

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A stranger is found murdered in a walled garden with one entrance. How did he get there?

Paris, 1911: A stranger is found murdered in a walled garden with one entrance. How did he get there? Stars Richard Greenwood.

Paris, 1911. A dinner party given by Aristide Valentin, Chief of the Paris Police, is disturbed by the discovery of a stranger lying murdered within the grounds of his high-walled garden. 

Who is he? 

How did he get there? 

And which of the distinguished guests has committed the gruesome crime?

Time for Father Brown to step forward. Intuitive and unassuming, his unremarkable exterior conceals a profound knowledge of human frailty. 

Who better than a priest to understand the nature and prevalence of evil?

Written by GK Chesterton.

Dramatised by Bert Coules

Father Brown ..... Richard Greenwood
Brayne ..... Angus MacInnes 
Valentin ..... Liam Brennan
Dr Simon ..... Jimmy Chisholm
Lord Galloway ..... Paul Young 
Lady Galloway ..... Eliza Langland
Margaret Galloway ..... Francesa Dymond 
O'Brien ..... Robin Laing

Director: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.

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